Ephesians 5:12 “For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.”

Ephesians 5:12

For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

World English Bible

For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.

American Standard Version

for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.

Geneva Bible 1599

For it is shame euen to speake of the things which are done of them in secret.

Darby Translation

for the things that are done by them in secret it is shameful even to say.

Young's Literal Translation

for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,

Bible in Basic English

For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words.

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Cross references

“it”

Ephesians 5:3 Romans 1:24–27 1 Peter 4:3

Ephesians 5:3 · BSB

But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

Romans 1:24–27 · BSB

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

1 Peter 4:3 · BSB

For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

“in”

Romans 2:16 Ecclesiastes 12:14 Jeremiah 23:24 2 Samuel 12:12 Proverbs 9:17 Revelation 20:12

Romans 2:16 · BSB

on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.

Ecclesiastes 12:14 · BSB

For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

Jeremiah 23:24 · BSB

“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.

2 Samuel 12:12 · BSB

You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”

Proverbs 9:17 · BSB

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

Revelation 20:12 · BSB

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

13But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.

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